STEPHEN SMITHSON APPOINTED CO-CHAIR OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND ECOSYSTEMS COMMITTEE FOR ABA SALT LAKE CITY (September 12, 2016) – Snell & Wilmer is pleased to announce that attorney Stephen W. Smithson has been appointed to serve as co-chair of the Climate Change, Sustainable Development and Ecosystems Committee for the American Bar Association Section of Environment, Energy and Resources (SEER). Smithson’s term will continue through August 2017. SEER strives to be the premier forum for environmental, energy and resources lawyers; a meeting place where they can find the most current and sophisticated analyses of the complicated environmental, energy and resource problems facing the United States and the world and where they can learn, teach and contribute to solving those problems while serving the public interest. At Snell & Wilmer, Smithson’s focuses his practice on environmental law and policy. He is particularly interested in climate change; Clean Air Act; Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act; and Stephen Smithson National Environmental Policy Act issues. For 25 years, Smithson has handled complex permitting, litigation, lobbying, trials and appeals for medium to global companies in banking, mining, chemical, oil & gas, petrochemical and commercial products industries as well as for environmental non-government organizations and local and state governments. Smithson received his J.D. from Rutgers School of Law. About Snell & Wilmer Founded in 1938, Snell & Wilmer is a full-service business law firm with more than 400 attorneys practicing in nine locations throughout the western United States and in Mexico, including Salt Lake City, Utah; Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona; Los Angeles and Orange County, California; Denver, Colorado; Las Vegas and Reno, Nevada; and Los Cabos, Mexico. The Salt Lake City office is celebrating 25 years of service in Utah. The firm represents clients ranging from large, publicly traded corporations to small businesses, individuals and entrepreneurs. For more information, visit www.swlaw.com. ###
